›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 877-882.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2015.04.016

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Prokaryotic Expression,Purification of Early Pregnancy Factor Protein of the Dairy Cattle and Preparation of Polyclonal Antibody against it

LIU Yun1, JIA Bin1, SHI Feng2, LI Xin2, LI Hong-tao3, ZHANG Yong-sheng1, NING Meng-ying1, JI Jun-ming1, QIN Bing-yan1   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China;
    2. College of Life Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China;
    3. School of Medcine, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
  • Received:2014-10-30 Online:2015-04-20 Published:2015-05-05

Abstract: The study was aimed to express and purify the dairy cattle early pregnancy factor (EPF) protein and prepare EPF polyclonal antibody. The recombinant plasmid pET32a-EPF was expressed in E.coli BL21 (DE3). Polyclonal antibodies were developed by immunizing BALB/c mice with the SDS-PAGE gel extraction purified fusion protein. The recombinant protein and the polyclonal antibody were separately detected by Western blotting and ELISA. The results showed that the recombinant protein with a molecular weight of 37 ku was expressed successfully in E.coli and its content was approximately 48.6% of total bacteria proteins. The purity of target protein could reach 93% after purification. The recombinant protein was recognized by the prepared polyclonal antibody in Western blotting analysis. The antibody titer was 1:12 800.These results indicated that we had successfully obtained and purified the dairy cattle EPF protein, which laid a foundation for the further study of dairy cattle pregnancy diagnosis.

Key words: early pregnancy factor; prokaryotic expression; SDS-PAGE; Western blotting; ELISA

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